KITSCH interview questions

If they reach out with an interview, run clear in the other direction. Chaotic, unorganized and they required a full marketing campaign to be completed in a less than 24hr turnaround. And then it’s not even discussed, you will do the “assessment”, go through four rounds of interviews and it will never be brought up again. What’s the point of doing what is essentially unpaid work if you’re not even going to review it with the candidate? Also, let’s stop normalizing asking candidates to do unpaid work in the first place. Did all of that, jumped through their hoops only for them to severely lowball on the offer and then ghost me for several days while they figured out how to answer basic questions that anyone would ask during a job offer. I honestly feel like I dodged a huge bullet.

Submitted application, recruiter reached out to schedule a virtual interview which was pleasant. The recruiter was really excited to get to know more about me and actually asked me what questions I had at the top of the interview instead of at the end. It lasted about 25 minutes. She informed me that she would share my information with the hiring manager for next steps. Next steps turned into no steps. I shared my availability to meet with the hiring manager about three times, as I was told the hiring manager was under the weather each time. I believed it at first but then the recruiter sent me a very transparent email about how they were pausing the interviewing for the role due to sudden “organizational changes”. This was also a red flag. I appreciated her honesty though. She told me that they would be resuming in the near future and I should reapply. So about a month later, I did apply again and reached out to her but she had left the company—within a month! Wow. Another red flag. I received a rejection email within ten minutes of applying, which is nonsense since I had moved past the initial screening. The role has been posted at least four different times, which shows a lack of direction within the company.